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- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That change does not affect anybody in rented accommodation.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: It applies only to new applicants.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Not if the person is living there for more than six months.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Several people said that it was a contribution towards the prices charged by developers.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Is the Senator worried about the landlords?
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Those concerned need to hurry up â April is the deadline.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: The elderly will qualify if they are senior citizens.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Such matters are in the hands of councils. They are supposed to provide houses having regard to needs.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is a case of builders lying again. Why is the Senator so supportive of developers?
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is the total number of housing units built this year.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: That is not correct.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: The Senator should include voluntary housing, shared ownership and affordable housing.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: It was 16%. The Senator should go off and do something useful.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Only if the councillors pass it.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: With Government money.
- Seanad: Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion. (10 Dec 2003)
Noel Ahern: Did the Senator put in his application?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2003: Second Stage. (27 Jan 2004)
Noel Ahern: I thank Senators for their welcome contributions to this Second Stage debate. As the Minister, Deputy Cullen, said, this is a landmark Bill. It represents another milestone in the ongoing roll out of the Government's regulatory reform agenda. The Minister pointed out that some of the legislation in this area dates back to 1847 and famine times. The need to update it is obvious. For the first...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Ahern: Grants are available from local authorities towards making a dwelling more suitable for the accommodation of a member of the household who is either physically handicapped or suffering from severe mental handicap or mental illness. A grant of up to â¬20,320 or 90% of work is available in individual cases in respect of private dwellings, while the full cost of the work may be funded in the...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Ahern: A review of the disabled persons' grant scheme is being finalised in my Department at present. On its completion, I will be in a position to determine the changes, if any, required to the regulations governing the scheme to ensure that the funding available is directed at those persons in greatest need of such assistance. The administration of the disabled persons' grant scheme is a matter...
- Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (3 Feb 2004)
Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 204 together. The unprecedented demand for housing, fuelled mainly by rapid economic growth and demographic changes, has been the major driver of house price increases in recent years. The Government's strategy is to increase housing supply to meet demand and to improve affordability, particularly for first-time buyers, and in this way to seek to bring...